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Sunday, June 21, 2009

All Day Students Arrive - Registration
6:15-7:45

Welcome Dinner
Doubletree Hotel

Welcome to the National Peace Essay Contest Awards Program

  • Raina Kim
    Director, National Peace Essay Contest
    United States Institute of Peace
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  • Pamela Aall
    Vice President for Education and Training Center/Domestic
    United States Institute of Peace
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6:40-7:20

Dinner

7:20-7:45 National Peace Essay Contest Awards Program Overview

 

  • Raina Kim
    Director, National Peace Essay Contest
    United States Institute of Peace
8:00-9:30 Introductory Activities and Group Meetings
Doubletree Hotel

 

  • Program Staff and Program Instructions
10:30 Room Check

Monday, June 22, 2009

7:10-7:45 Morning Meeting and Breakfast
Doubletree Hotel
8:00-8:30 Simulation Introduction
USIP

 

  • Raina Kim
    Director, National Peace Essay Contest
    United States Institute of Peace
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  • Jeffrey Helsing
    Deputy Director, Education and Training Center/Domestic
    United States Institute of Peace
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8:40-10:50 Simulation
USIP
11:00-11:40 Future of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
USIP
  • Serge Tshamala
    Counselor, Democratic Republic of the Congo
11:40-12:00 Welcome to the U.S. Institute of Peace
12:00-12:40

Lunch
USIP

Catering by Shalom

12:45

Bus Departs

1:10-2:55

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Tour and Speakers

2:20-2:35 Tour Debrief
  • John Heffernan
    Director, Genocide Prevention Initiative
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
2:35-2:55 USHMM's Role in Prevention of Mass Atrocities
  • Ann-Louise Colgan
    Director, Academy for Genocide Prevention
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
3:15 Bus Departs
3:30-5:00 United States Department of State
  • Clint Williamson
    Ambassador-at-Large
    Office of War Crimes, United States Department of State
5:10 Bus Departs
5:20-6:30

Dinner
Cafe Asia

6:30-9:30 Monument and Memorial Bus Tour
10:30 Room Check

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

7:25-8:05 Morning Meeting and Breakfast
Doubletree Hotel
8:20-2:45 The United States Institute of Peace
8:20-10:10 Simulation
10:10-10:20 Break
10:20-11:00 Rule of Law and Conflict
  • Colette Rausch
    Acting Director
    Rule of Law Center of Innovation, USIP
11:00-11:40 Crimes of War
  • Roy Gutman
    Foreign Editor
    McClatchy Newspapers
11:40-12:50

Speaker Luncheon

  • Tara Sonenshine, Executive Vice President, United States Institute of Peace

Catering by Malaysia Kopitam

12:50-1:30

Multilateral Organizations and Protection of Civilians

  • Esther Brimmer, Assistant Secretary for International Organization Attairs, United States Department of State
1:30-2:45 Simulation
3:15-4:40 United States Agency for International Development
3:30-4:00

Introduction to the United States Agency for International Development

  • Ben Barber, Senior Editor, Front Lines
4:00-4:40

Human Security and Political Will

  • Neil Levine, Director, Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance
4:50 Bus Departs
5:15-6:15

Dinner

Indian Experience

7:10-10:00

Ice Cream Social and Young Professionals Panel    

Doubletree Hotel   

  • Ariana Berengaut, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (NPEC Winner)
  • Anika Binnendijk, The Fletcher School (NPEC Winner)
  • Adam Figueira, ClickEquations (NPEC Winner)
  • Christoph Koettl, Amnesty International (NPEC Judge)         

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

7:20-8:10 Morning Meeting and Breakfast
Doubletree Hotel
8:25-2:40 Simulation and Speakers at the United States Institute of Peace
8:30-9:00

Capitol Hill Overview

 

  • Laurie Schulz Heim
    Director, Congressional Relations
    United States Institute of Peace
  • Anne Hingeley
    Congressional Relations Specialist
    United States Institute of Peace
9:00 - 9:40 American Foreign Policy

 

  • Norman Ornstein
    Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
9:40 - 12:00 Simulation


12:00-12:55 Debriefing (Working Lunch)

 

Catering by Cous Cous Cafe

12:55-1:40

Presentation Preparation

1:40-2:40

Proposal Presentations

Presentation Review Panelists

  • Pamela Aall
    Vice President, Education and Training Center/Domestic
  • Abiodun Williams
    Vice President, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention
  • Lawrence Woocher
    Senior Program officer, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention
2:50

Bus Departs

3:05-4:50 Smithsonian Museums
5:05 Bus Departs
5:30-6:40

Dinner

Jaleo

7:10-10:30

King Lear

Shakespeare Theater

10:30 Bus Departs
10:45-11:00 Capitol Hill Day Review

 

  • Raina Kim
    Director, National Peace Essay Contest
    United States Institute of Peace
  • Lisa Dare
    Awards Program Assistant, National Peace Essay Contest
    United States Institute of Peace
11:15 Room Check

Thursday, June 25, 2009

7:35-8:15 Morning Meeting and Breakfast
Doubletree Hotel
8:20 Bus Departs
8:50-9:15 Lutheran Church (Hill Day Command Center)


10:00 - 2:00 Capitol Hill Appointments
11:30-12:10

Capitol Hill Briefing

2444 Rayburn

  • Barbara Lee (D-CA), United States Congress
12:30 - 2:00

Lunch
Longworth House Office Building
Lunch time depends on individual appointment schedules.

2:45

Bus Departs from Lutheran Church of the Reformation

3:15-5:00

Banquet Prearation and Rest
Doubletree Hotel

5:15

Bus Departs

6:15 National Peace Essay Contest Awards Banquet

 

Media and Conflict

  • Wolf Blitzer
    Anchor, The Situation Room, CNN
9:30 Bus Departs
10:00-10:20 Airport Departure Meeting
Doubletree Hotel
10:30 Informal Social
12:00 Room Check

 

Friday, June 26, 2009

7:45 Morning Meeting and Breakfast
Kellogg Conference Center
8:30-9:30 Closing Remarks and Debriefing

 

Working for Peace

  • Colman McCarthy
    Founder
    Center for Teaching Peace
  • Raina Kim
    Director, National Peace Essay Contest
    United States Institute of Peace
9:30-10:00 Complete all check out
All Day Airport Departures